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Website accessibility

Accessibility statement for SEBI Livestock

Website accessibility statement inline with Public Sector Body (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This accessibility statement applies to sebi-livestock.org

This website is run by the Interactive Content service within the Information Services Group at the University of Edinburgh. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • Change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • Zoom in up to 500% without the text spilling off the screen
  • Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand. However, some of our content is technical, and we use technical terms where there is no easier wording we could use without changing what the text means.

Customising the website

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. This is an external site with suggestions to make your computer more accessible:

AbilityNet – My Computer My Way

With a few simple steps you can customise the appearance of our website using your browser settings to make it easier to read and navigate:

Additional information on how to customise our website appearance

If you are a member of University staff or a student, you can use the free SensusAccess accessible document conversion service:

Information on SensusAccess

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • Some parts may not be fully compatible with screen readers:
    • Multiple pages have redundant links and redundant title text.
      • When adjacent links go to the same location (i.e. ‘card’ elements have the same link twice) this results in additional navigation and repetition for keyboard and screen reader users.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, audio recording or braille:

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page, or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact:

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) directly:

Contact details for the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)

The government has produced information on how to report accessibility issues:

Reporting an accessibility problem on a public sector website

Contacting us by phone using British Sign Language

British Sign Language service

Contact Scotland BSL runs a service for British Sign Language users and all of Scotland’s public bodies using video relay. This enables sign language users to contact public bodies and vice versa. The service operates from 8.00am to 12.00am, 7 days a week.

Contact Scotland BSL service details.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The University of Edinburgh is committed to making its websites and applications accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance Status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

The full guidelines are available at:

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard

Non accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Noncompliance with the accessibility regulations

The following items to not comply with the WCAG 2.2 AA success criteria:

  • Redundant link
    • Multiple WAVE alerts for a ‘redundant link’ on the homepage and overview pages. Within ‘card’ elements adjacent links go to the same URL. Also identical “Read more” link appears in several buttons within the same page.
    • 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)
  • Redundant title text
    • Several menu time links have redundant title text. Specifically, the <a> tag title attribute text is the same as text or alternative text.

We aim to improve our websites accessibility on a regular and continuous basis. See the section below (‘What we’re doing to improve accessibility’) on how we are improving our site accessibility.

We are working towards solving these problems and expect several improvements by December 2024. The site is fully within our control.

Disproportionate burden

We are not currently claiming that any accessibility problems would be a disproportionate burden to fix.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

At this time we believe no content is outwith the scope of the accessibility regulations.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We will continue to address and make adequate improvements to the accessibility issues highlighted. Unless specified otherwise, a complete solution or significant improvement will be in place by December 2024.

While we are in the process of resolving these accessibility issues we will ensure reasonable adjustments are in place to make sure no user is disadvantaged. As changes are made, we will continue to review accessibility and retest the accessibility of this website.

Accessibility improvements

Accessibility improvements, bug fixes and development work to fix issues will be recorded to keep a record of work completed.

See the change log below.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 26th April 2021. It was last reviewed on 27th August 2024.

The website was last tested on 27th August 2024. The testing was carried out by the Interactive Content service within the Information Services Group at the University of Edinburgh using both automated and manual methods. The site was tested on a Mac, primarily using Google Chrome alongside Firefox and Safari.

Recent world-wide usage levels survey for different screen readers and browsers shows that Google Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge are increasing in popularity and Google Chrome is now the favoured browser for screen readers:

WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey

The aforementioned three browsers have been used in certain questions for reasons of breadth and variety.

Automated testing

We ran automated testing using the following web accessibility evaluation tools:

Manual testing

We performed manual testing that included:

  • Scaling using different resolutions and reflow
  • Options to customise the interface (magnification, font, background colour, etc) (e.g. Dark Reader browser extension)
  • Keyboard navigation and keyboard traps
  • Data validation
  • Warning of links opening in new tab or window
  • Information conveyed in the colour or sound only
  • Flashing, moving or scrolling text
  • Use with screen reading software (VoiceOver)
  • Assistive software (TextHelp Read&Write and VoiceOver)
  • Tooltips and text alternatives for any non-text content
  • Time limits
  • Compatibility with mobile accessibility functionality (iOS iPhone and iPad)
  • Any drag functionality and alternatives
  • Consistent help function
  • No need to re-enter data already submitted
  • Any cognitive tests

Examples of sample pages for website testing

The sample pages tested cover all published content types and design templates. We tested:

Change Log

27th August 2024

  • Amended CSS to hide the ‘Get data at livestock.org’ button when zoomed in 200% or higher.
  • Fixed multiple broken links.

29th April 2021

  • Increased colour contrast ratios throughout WordPress template to comply with both AA normal and large text minimum recommendations.
    • .breadcrumb-item (Normal AA text – 4.5:1 minimum)
      • Was #6C757D (3.95:1 on #E9ECEF background)
      • Now #696969 (4.62:1)
    • .navbar-light a (Normal AA text – 4.5:1 minimum)
      • Was #1B7681 (4.47:1 on #E9ECEF background)
      • Now #1B747E (4.6:1)
  • Added sitemap listing all published content, linked in footer.
  • Multiple ARIA issues, namely search button (magnifying glass) was empty or has no value text and main menu was missing key roles, i.e. role=”menuitem”.
    • Wave error for ’empty button’
      • 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)
      • 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (Level A)
    • Wave error for ‘broken ARIA menu’
      • 2.1.1 Keyboard (Level A)
      • 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)